Before navigating away from a page, you may want to protect page navigation asking people to confirm they are going to navigate away form the page you are on. Extend the anchor link with confirm-link-click to prompt the user to confirm they're action with a basic browser based confirmation prompt. Bootstraped from a bootstrap file, by importing into a bigger application or direct as html script (ensure you build fallback for IE support).
<a is="confirm-link-click"></a>
<!-- Polyfill -->
<script src="/node_modules/promise-polyfill/dist/polyfill.min.js"></script>
<script src="/node_modules/@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-loader.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap component only, ensure you have built fallback for IE support too (.js)! -->
<script type="module" src="./your/path/confirm-link-click.mjs"></script>
<script nomodule src="./your/path/confirm-link-click.js"></script>
<!-- Or add your switch import to a bootstrap js file/app using ES6 import and use that instead of the component directly... -->
<script type="module" src="./your/path/index.mjs"></script>
<script nomodule src="./your/path/index.js"></script>
<!-- example basic fouc resolution -->
<style>
[fouc] { opacity: 0; transition: opacity 200ms ease-in-out; }
[fouc="loaded"] { opacity: 1; }
</style>
...
<div class="info">
<div class="class">
<div class="row" fouc>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<a is="confirm-link-click" href="https://pa.ulsmith.net">Paul Smith Website</a>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<a is="confirm-link-click" href="https://impartials.net">Impartials Website</a>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<a is="confirm-link-click" href="https://custom-web-component.net">Custom Web Component Website</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
...
<!-- fouc for individual components -->
<script> setTimeout(() => document.querySelector('[fouc]').setAttribute('fouc', 'loaded'), 1000); </script>
import { CustomHTMLAnchorElement } from '../../../node_modules/custom-web-component/index.js';
/**
* @public @name ConfirmLinkClick
* @extends CustomHTMLAnchorElement
* @description Library web component extending the span element with a word count from an input/textarea
*/
class ConfirmLinkClick extends CustomHTMLAnchorElement {
/**
* @public @constructor @name constructor
* @description Triggered when component is instantiated (but not ready or in DOM, must call super() first)
*/
constructor() {
// Always call super first in constructor
super();
}
/**
* @public connected()
* Invoked when node is connected/added to the DOM
*/
connected() {
this.addEventListener('click', this._clickEvent = this._confirmClick.bind(this));
}
/**
* @public disconnected()
* Invoked when node is disconnected/removed from the DOM
*/
disconnected() {
this.addRemoveListener('click', this._clickEvent);
}
/**
* @public _confirmClick()
* The link got clicked
* @param {Event} ev The event that kicked the method
*/
_confirmClick(ev) {
const result = confirm(`Are you sure you want to go to '${this.innerText}'? \n\n Link Location: ${this.href}`);
if (!result) ev.preventDefault();
}
}
// Define the new element
customElements.define('confirm-link-click', ConfirmLinkClick, { extends: 'a' });